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- Future Cop: LAPD
And surprisingly enough I have some other OS9/OS X games in a bundle pack at home. I think it's a 5 in 1 pack that I've been looking to sell.
And surprisingly enough I have some other OS9/OS X games in a bundle pack at home. I think it's a 5 in 1 pack that I've been looking to sell.
I tried getting the demo of future cop 1.0.2 but it wont open because it's OS 9. Any other good ones? Thanks for the fast reply btw.
Old 700 MHz G3 iMac + Tiger = good luck getting any games to run on it. For OS X games, you hardly have any oomph. For System 8/9 games, you have solid specs but the wrong OS.
Do you have the HDD space to dual-boot? If so, there are lots of old-but-good System 9 games you can run (Myth, MWII, Total Annihilation, Duke Nukem 3D, Diablo).
Blizzard games - Diablo II & Starcraft - should/could run OK on both your specs and OS X. Some version of Civilization III - maybe the original, NOT 2006's Civ3 Complete - might also work. Myth II should work with the OS X patch/update. Ambrosia's Escape Velocity Nova is a bit of a rip-off, in my opinion, but should work OK given your setup.
But in general, if you're serious about gaming, I'd say set up a dual-boot; or take OS X off your iMac; or spend $25 or so online to get a System 9 iMac or G3 desktop & use that for gaming. If you're serious about OS X gaming (cheaply), drop some money into a G4 or Intel Mini.
Do you have the HDD space to dual-boot? If so, there are lots of old-but-good System 9 games you can run (Myth, MWII, Total Annihilation, Duke Nukem 3D, Diablo).
Blizzard games - Diablo II & Starcraft - should/could run OK on both your specs and OS X. Some version of Civilization III - maybe the original, NOT 2006's Civ3 Complete - might also work. Myth II should work with the OS X patch/update. Ambrosia's Escape Velocity Nova is a bit of a rip-off, in my opinion, but should work OK given your setup.
But in general, if you're serious about gaming, I'd say set up a dual-boot; or take OS X off your iMac; or spend $25 or so online to get a System 9 iMac or G3 desktop & use that for gaming. If you're serious about OS X gaming (cheaply), drop some money into a G4 or Intel Mini.
Yeah, OS 9 is going to be your main gaming operating system on that iMac. You'll probably get Quake III easily to run in OS X but I doubt much else.